94,000 Yaba seized in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in separate drives arrested three people and recovered 94,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk28.20 million from different parts of Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday. Ataur Rahman Khandaker, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station, said acting on secret information, a team of police led by Sikandar Ali conducted a drive in Kulalpara area of the upazila around 8 pm and arrested a man along with 4,000 pieces of Yaba tablet worth Tk1.20 million. The arrested was identified as Nurul Alam, 23, son of Abu Bakkar of the area. In another incident, being tipped off a team of BGB conduced a raid in New Jettyghat area of the upazila around 9pm and recovered 70,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk21 million from the area. Besides, another team of BGB conducted a raid at Kewra Bazar along the Naf River and arrested two Myanmar nationals along with 20,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk6 million around 3:30 am, according to a news agency.
-SRS